Tāmaki Redevelopment Company Board announced

Housing Minister
Phil Heatley and Auckland Mayor Len Brown today announced
the appointment of a seven-member Board with a strong mix of
community, urban development and business skills to lead the
Tāmaki Redevelopment Company.

The Tāmaki Redevelopment
Company is New Zealand’s first urban redevelopment company
and aims to transform Tāmaki (including Glen Innes, Point
England and Panmure) in Auckland over the next 20-25 years
through co-ordinated economic, social, and housing
initiatives.

“I’m delighted to have a Board with this
level of talent and experience to lead the Tāmaki urban
development programme through its first years,” Mr Heatley
said.

“The group has members with strong contacts within
the Tāmaki community and iwi, people with superb business
skills and with deep knowledge of urban development. I
believe they will make a significant contribution in helping
transform Tāmaki into a thriving, prosperous and
self-reliant community.”

Mayor Len Brown welcomed the
appointment of the Board and said it marked a significant
point for the Tāmaki community.

“I know that the people
of the Tāmaki community, who have worked so hard and so
long to develop a transformation vision for their community,
are keen to see it under way,” he said.

“With the
appointment of the Board, the management in place and the
office established, the stage is set for the company to
start its work as part of the Tāmaki community.”

The
vision for Tāmaki is made up of four key components: a
social component to support Tāmaki residents to get the
skills, knowledge and employment opportunities they need and
an economic component to strengthen the local economy,
creating new jobs and business opportunities.

A housing
component will optimise land use and existing housing stock,
including progressing private housing development and
delivering better social housing options in Tāmaki, and a
spatial component will create safe and connected
neighbourhoods and spaces that support the social and
economic development of Tāmaki and its community.

The
Tāmaki Redevelopment Company will lead the transformation
and undertake some projects itself, procure delivery of
other projects, and influence the direction of yet
others.

The Board members are:

Chair - Martin
Udale: Current member of the Interim Tāmaki
Transformation Programme Board. He has extensive experience
in land and property development, most recently as CEO of
McConnell Properties and has a leading understanding of
development economics, urban planning and design. (3.5 year
appointment with the first year as Chair)

Deputy Chair
- Brian Donnelly: Chair of the Ministerial Advisory
Panel on Housing Reforms, Executive Director of the New
Zealand Housing Foundation and a member of the Housing
Shareholders Advisory Group. (3.5 year
appointment)

Anne Candy QSO: Appointed as Auckland
Council’s sole discretionary director. President, Tāmaki
Makaurau Regional Council, 2011-2012. Deputy Mayor Manukau
City Council from 1998-2007, the first and only Māori woman
to hold this prestigious position. (2.5 year
appointment)

Eru Lyndon: Currently manager of the
Policy and Development Unit of Ngati Whatua o Orakei
Corporate Limited. He has strong links with Ngati Whatua and
a number of other iwi with an interest in the Tāmaki area,
and is a barrister and solicitor to the High Court. (3.5
year appointment)

Susan Macken: Has extensive
governance and senior management experience in business
including the Bank of New Zealand and Southern Cross
Healthcare. Interim Chief Executive of the New Zealand
Problem Gambling Foundation and Chief Executive of the
Auckland Regional Economic Development Strategy. (3.5 year
appointment)

Soana Pamaka: Principal of Tāmaki
College and provides a strong link to the Tāmaki community
in which she both lives and works. Active in a number of
community initiatives. (2.5 year appointment)

John Sax:
Appointed as the Crown’s sole discretionary director.
Mr Sax is the founder of the Southpark Group of Companies,
which has led the redevelopment of much of the former
“smoke stack industries” within Auckland. He is the
founder and Chairman of the For the Sake of Our Children
Trust and works with numerous community and social action
initiatives. (2.5 year
appointment)

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